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Infusion Under the Skin, Initial Hour

Iowa rates for HCPCS 96369

Delivers medicine slowly into the fatty layer under the skin through a fine needle connected to a pump, instead of into a vein. It covers setting up the pump, establishing the site under the skin, and the first hour of the infusion; additional time and any further site are billed separately. It is often used for treatments such as immune globulin that are given at a steady, slow rate.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Infusion Under the Skin, Initial Hour cost?

$245

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $186 to $389.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $129 to $977
$200$500$1Kprofessional $245

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in North Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$245

AK $417NC $138

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.